R C Nesbit wrote:
> Gt spoke:
>> After converting a petrol engine to LPG, can the car still use petrol as a
>> backup, or is it LPG only?
>>
>> Anyone converted an Alfa? 2.0JTS specifically.
>
> IFAIUI from when I looked into it for a 4l Jeep, they won't start on LPG, so
> you *have* to have petrol to get the motor running, then switch over to LPG.
>
> Do your sums carefully though. You do get lower power

I had to check *really* carefully on the V6 to notice it was on LPG, and
it was impossible to tell on motorways.

>and lower mpg from
> LPG, and at least in my case, the payback would have been around 3 years,
> which is as long as I normally keep cars for.

That was about right, although I had a different cost price



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